Mpv: Option to prevent window opening for audio tracks

[olivergondza]

mpv version and platform

Linux arch 4.4.31-1-lts #1 SMP Thu Nov 10 18:01:16 CET 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux

mpv 0.25.0 (C) 2000-2017 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
 built on Mon May  8 20:03:32 CEST 2017
ffmpeg library versions:
   libavutil       55.58.100
   libavcodec      57.89.100
   libavformat     57.71.100
   libswscale      4.6.100
   libavfilter     6.82.100
   libswresample   2.7.100
ffmpeg version: 3.3

Reproduction steps

Play a directory of audio files where some of them have a cover-art embedded in the file (ID3 tags in mp3 IIUC).

Actual behavior

mpv keeps popping windows up as soon as it hit a track with an image to show and hide it again once the track ends. Closing the window would stop the playback so it needs to be dismissed carefully ...

Expected behavior

Since I have not required window to be created, I expect the mpv to keep playing in the terminal. I tried --force-window=no but to no avail as it does exactly what the name imply - does not force it. I browsed the man page and have not found a switch that would prevent any window to be created while plying audio tracks.

mpv is a huge improvement over mplayer but this is one of the reasons I still use it on occasion.

[ghost]

--no-audio-display (it literally says that on the terminal), or --no-video.

--force-window only matters in cases where absolutely nothing (i.e. not even coverart) is available for video.

[olivergondza]

Thanks, both --no-audio-display or --audio-display=no does what I am looking for! The former does not seem to be on the man page (deprecated?) so I stick with the latter.

[ghost]

The `--no- is another way to with the other option. It works in general with options that accept choices and include a "no" choice.